Job Description:

Commercial Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Retail & Leisure Fit-Out

Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire
Salary: £45,000 – £65,000 DOE
Sector: Retail & Leisure Fit-Out

Our client is an established fit-out contractor delivering fast-track retail and leisure projects across the UK. Due to continued growth, they are looking for an experienced Commercial Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join their team based from Lichfield.

The successful candidate will take full commercial responsibility for projects from estimating stage through to final account, working on fit-out schemes ranging from £100k to £10m, with an average project value of approximately £500k.

Key Responsibilities:

• Estimating and tendering for new fit-out projects

• Managing projects commercially from pre-construction through to completion

• Subcontractor procurement, negotiation and appointment

• Cost planning, budgeting and ongoing cost management

• Managing valuations, variations and payments

• Monitoring project profitability and commercial performance

• Liaising with clients, subcontractors and internal project teams

• Preparing and agreeing final accounts

• Taking overall financial control of allocated projects

Project Experience:

• Fast-track retail fit-out

• Leisure and hospitality fit-out

• Projects ranging from £100k – £10m

• Projects delivered for major national and international retail, leisure and hospitality brands

Candidate Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor, Senior QS or Commercial Manager

• Strong experience working for a fit-out contractor

• Retail and/or leisure fit-out experience is highly desirable

• Comfortable managing the full commercial lifecycle of projects

• Strong estimating and subcontract procurement experience

• Commercially astute with the ability to take financial ownership of projects

• Ideally based within approximately one hour of Lichfield

• Candidates predominantly from housing, civils or large-scale traditional main contracting backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable

Salary & Benefits:

• £45,000 – £65,000, dependent on experience

• Fully expensed electric/hybrid company car, including private mileage, or car allowance

• Private healthcare after 12 months, worth approximately £2,000

• Membership of the Employee Ownership Scheme after 12 months

• EOT tax-free bonus on a sliding scale based on salary and length of service

• Company phone and laptop

Working Arrangements:

• Typically 3–4 days per week in the Lichfield office

• Approximately 1–2 days per week on site, depending on workload